We honestly shouldn't be talking about monetization at this point in the development, but it's safe to say that making Comet paid is not viable until Apple offers demo periods for paid apps. It's simply not a viable business model given the target demographic. Also to clarify, the IAP system we have planned won't limit the app functionality in any meaningful way.

/u/mistermagicman is correct. Apple recommends that developers support the current iOS version and one older to maximize device coverage while minimizing dev time needed to work around OS differences. As of this month, iOS 8+ support guarantees >95% coverage.

As much as we'd love to see you on Comet, it's outside our current roadmap. The best I can recommend is using Alien Blue if you need something robust that also supports legacy devices.

Hey, Comet dev here. Nice UX analysis. Rich document formatting on mobile is definitely one of those things that can be tricky to implement properly. Comet does actually support inline menu options, which was part of the rationale for sticking the formatting buttons at the top. That said, putting the options in the keyboard accessory view is definitely something we'll be shifting to and Beam does a decent job at from what I recall.

Yeah, this is something we're looking to change in the near future. One of the most important things in apps that hit the network is how both successful and unsuccessful requests are handled. I'll probably write more on this with the status update (SU) post.

A few months is the worst-case projection for the next major build release. Although we're running slightly behind schedule, we do plan on pushing out some sort of intermediate build hopefully soonish.

All publicly accessible reddit pages that have a native representation in Comet are shareable. In this case, sharing the subreddit will also preserve feed position information (the page you're on in the listing.)

Apple appears to have reversed their decision as BaconReader (has a NSFW content toggle) was reinstated without an update. If we can include a toggle once the dust has settled without depending on only site-accessible settings we will. If not, we'll probably go with something similar to narwhal's implementation.

We're keeping an eye on it. However, from what other devs have said so far, simply adding a non-optional overlay to NSFW thumbnails will work. That said, I'm concerned that 3rd party apps were targeted when the official reddit app managed to get past review with toggable overlays (probably because Apple featured it.)

For transparency, Ciaran and I took a few weeks off as a respite from the last build. That said, we're currently in the process of some pretty hefty changes to pretty old (1y) parts of the app. I'm not in a position to give a timeframe at this point, but we'll keep people updated as things progress.